Darkness is Coming

  Before the Hun-Gai Controversy, every aristocratic family would listen to Xue Zong’s story about Gaitian in the clan school since childhood, and the central idea of ​​Gaitian can be summed up in three paragraphs.

   "The way of heaven is the rule, the way of the earth follows the rules, the sky is round and the place is in the center."

"The sky is shaped like a lid, and the ground is like a game of chess. The sky turns like a mill, the sun, moon, and stars are embedded in it, and then they are hidden, and they are pulled to the west. I watch it as ants are grinding down. It is late, so it is not enough to chase it. The sunrise is high and you can see it, but the sun is low and you can't see it, so there are day and night."

   "The celestial bodies are like projectiles, with bright lights in them. They are sky lanterns. They are big or small, and they are generally the same. The sky is high and the ground is below. The sky lanterns are above, shining my mountains and rivers."

  In order to facilitate understanding, Zero One chose the classical Chinese with a relatively suitable style for translation, and then translated it into modern language and told it to Yang Xiaoqian. The approximate meaning of these three paragraphs is:

"The way of heaven is natural and noble, while the earth is humble and respectful, the sky is a dome covering the earth, the sun, moon and stars are decorations inlaid on this dome, and the earth is like a stationary The chessboard, in the center of the round cover and the chessboard, is the rune that supports the space where human beings live."

"When the cover turns, it's like pushing the mill. Those decorations (sun, moon, and stars) are located in different areas on the mill, and we humans are like ants under the mill, unable to keep up with the speed of the mill, so we You will see the sun and the moon alternate, and the stars appear and disappear, so there will be day and night.”

   "The shape of the sky cover is like a projectile, and the one that illuminates the middle is the sky lantern, sometimes big, sometimes small, the sky is above and the ground is below, so the sky lantern illuminates the earth, mountains and rivers."

  Gaitian said that it promotes the concept of heaven's respect and inferiority of earth, and believes that Tiangai is a barrier to protect the earth. It believes that one should obey God's will and concentrate on pursuing the mysteries of runes, rather than trying to explore the extraterritorial world beyond Tiangai.

  Because the Gaitian theory has natural advantages for the idea of ​​centralization and is beneficial to the brainwashing of the lower classes, the major families and the Ming Dynasty who later established the feudal imperial power strongly supported the Gaitian theory.

In addition, Gaitian said that it is also conducive to the application of some relatively basic mathematical knowledge calculations (such as the Pythagorean theorem, also known as the Pythagorean theorem, which was also invented by a mathematician on Earth 4, but with a different name) , which even Tongyi, who later proposed the theory of the heavens, could not refute it.

After learning about Gaitian's theory, Yang Xiaoqian couldn't help but admire the magic and unity of human imagination. You must know that in the history of this world, there was also a Liang Wudi who put forward a similar Gaitian theory, but he did not expect to change to a completely different historical trajectory. In the world, there will still be high-ranking people who put forward this view, which is used to fool the people and centralize power.

   After talking about the theory of Gaitian, Mo Huan continued to describe the process of Tongyi's theory of the heavens.

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After traveling around the world and returning to the Rune Continent, Tong Yi still could not understand his miraculous encounter, despite the many remarks he left behind - such as "There are Jedi in the extreme north, nothing is born, and the ice in Xia Shi is not released" - Later, it was confirmed, but at the time, it was regarded as speculation and random fabrication.

   After suffering for a long time, finally one day, Tongyi saw a pearl in the tribute of the tribe.

When he saw this naturally formed and almost perfect sphere, Tong Yi suddenly realized that because Gai Tian said he could not explain the existence of the horizon and the sea level, he was determined to cross the horizon and the sea level to prove Gai Tian's mistake, but he I just want to prove that the sky above my head is not a ball cover, but I never thought that the ground under my feet is not flat!

  If the earth is also spherical, it can explain why moving forward in one direction will eventually return to the original point. When this idea popped up in his mind, even Tong Yi was startled.

   But how can the earth be spherical? How does a person stand on a sphere? Tong Yi couldn't think of an answer. In order to verify this idea, Tong Yi set off again. This time, he led the team from the opposite direction of the last time, and brought a lot of talismans, leaving marks along the way.

   Five years later, Tongyi returned to Rune Continent again. During these five years of hard journey, he left all irrelevant affairs, and worked day and night while meditating.

   When he returned to Rune Land again, he challenged Gaitian, which has been regarded as a heavenly rule since ancient times.

Tongyi invited major aristocratic families to learn from the sect to sit on the ground and discuss the Tao, and his words were amazing: "Since ancient times, those who have talked about the sky have all been ignorant of the appearance of the sky, making assumptions based on their hearts, and they are wrong for thousands of miles. With a snail shell, I want to measure the depth of the ocean. This is called not knowing what to measure!"

This remark probably means: People who talk about the sky cover from ancient times to the present are all people who have never really seen the sky. The people here discuss the vastness of the world, or a person hiding in a conch shell who wants to probe the depth of the ocean is really ignorant.

   All Xue Zongs are people with extremely high self-cultivation skills. They all suppressed their fear and anger, and looked on with cold eyes, wanting to listen to Tong Yi's opinion.

   Then, Tongyi put forward the theory of Huntian in the Tongjia School:

   "The sky is big and the earth is small, the earth is in the sky, like a chicken in a shell, the sky encloses the earth, like a shell wrapped in yellow, there is water on the outside, and white on the outside."

   "The sky turns like the wheel of a car, and the circles are endless. Its shape is muddy, so it is called the muddy sky. The sky lantern is bright on it, day and night, and the radiance is brilliant, illuminating my rivers and mountains."

   "The lamp is shining in the sky, to illuminate me, what is it?? The celestial sphere has no support inside, and the earth hangs in the middle. Who is the one who supports the sky?"

   "There is a cloudy sky outside the muddy sky. People outside the sky look at me like a child peeking at an ant under the lamp. The lamp is also a sky lamp. The earth is supported by water.

"It can be seen from this that the sky wall is made of silver, but it is not visible from a distance. If you look up and look at it, it is blue and blue. Why? It is like looking at a distant mountain and its color is blue, and looking down at a thousand-long deep valley, it is dark and steep. Blue is not a true color, and black is not a body."

   "Therefore, we should erect the ambition to capture the sky, extinguish the sky lantern, break the sky wall, and see the real universe."

   (The earth is wrapped in the sky, like an egg in an egg shell, the sky wraps the ground like the shell holds the egg, and the sea water underneath is like the egg white outside the yolk, wrapping the yolk.

  The dome of the sky is turning, just like the movement of the hub of a car, it rotates again and again, with no origin and no end. Its shape is a natural, complete circle, so the shape of the sky is called muddy sky. The sky lantern is lit on the sky, it is day and night. Its brilliance shines brightly over our vast territory.

  Why do sky lanterns illuminate our surroundings? Since both the earth and the celestial sphere are round and there is no place to support it, what is holding up the earth? What is holding up the celestial sphere?

   There must be another world outside this world. People outside look at us like children peeping at the ants under the lamp, and this lamp is the sky lantern above our heads. Also, our ground is held up by the runes and water on the inner shell of the sky. The "egg shell" of the celestial sphere is held up by the observer outside the sky with runes.

  Since it is held up with runes, it is conceivable that the heaven is made of silver, but when you look up, why is it dark and green? This kind of thing is like looking at the hills beside the road that are blue, and looking down at the deep valleys and it is pitch black. So this cyan is not the cyan of the object itself, and black is not the color of the object itself.

   Therefore, we should set up the great ambition of resisting the outsiders and extinguish the sky lanterns, so that people outside will not be able to see us, and then we can find a way to break this shell and go out and see the real big world outside. )

   For the sects who believed in the Gaitian theory as the truth since childhood, the Huntian theory is not only a deviant, but also absurd. This discussion ended in chaos.

If there is still no one willing to believe in Tongyi, that's fine, but not long after Tongyi put forward the Armillary Theory, a master who is proficient in math publicly declared that he supported Tongyi's Armillary Theory, and that it was unexplainable by Tongyi. The calculation method explained: "The land is vast and infinite, and it is like a flat view. Therefore, you should measure the distance of the land step by step." The geodesic distance of the point - assuming it is flat)

   The support of this master further strengthened Tongyi's belief, so Tongyi started to set up a school, not only teaching the children of aristocratic families, but also tribal warriors, not only runes, but also the teachings of the heavens.

Because Tongyi has a legendary experience of crossing the wild land - no one believed him when he first circumnavigated the world, but the second time Tongyi left a mark, and gradually some people began to believe that he really went to the end of the world - more and more More and more curious young children came to listen to his lectures and developed a strong interest in Huntian theory.

However, the idea of ​​detaching from the times cannot always be accepted by those with vested interests. If Tongyi is just a man, it will be fine, but he has attracted a group of believers, and even with the help of more people, in the process of perfecting the theory of the sky , constantly looking for the gaps in Gaitian's statement. In this way, where can the major families accommodate the bronze instrument?

  In order to avoid disaster, the Tong family cut off relations with Tongyi early. After that, the major families imprisoned Tongyi on the charge of deviating from the classics and insulting the classics.

   In the cage, facing the threat of intimidation, Tong Yi refused to change his words, still insisting that the Gaitian theory was a mistake made by the ancestors, and the Huntian theory was the correct understanding of the world.

  In the end, Tongyi was put into a silver and iron tripod by the Tongjia criminal officer and executed by capital punishment.

The silver-iron tripod is made of iron on the outside and silver on the inside. When a person is placed in the tripod and baked on the fire, the iron tripod gradually burns red, and the silver layer in the tripod gradually melts, and the man is roasted alive and integrated with the silver paste. , when it is solidified, remove a little residue, so that the victim can be easily integrated into the body.

This is the most cruel punishment, but he knew that he could survive by admitting his mistakes, but Tong Yi remained silent in the cauldron from beginning to end, holding the celestial sphere model in his hand until he died and shouted: "Maybe there are thousands of sky lanterns? The globe of billions of earths is like a chicken, or it is named after the earth. Or the earth rotates around the sky lanterns, like a ring... Oh! Alas! It's a pity that you can't see the sky, and you can't know it! However, the time of the day has mistaken me! Who is watching me like an ant under a lamp? Who is watching me like a beetle in the gap... Don't move my celestial sphere! Never move the celestial sphere!!"

(Will there be not only one sky lantern, but thousands of sky lanterns? Will there be a sphere formed by trillions of earth? An irregular large earth like an egg can probably be called the earth. It would be the earth revolving around the sky lantern, like... oops! Sad! It's a pity that I can't see the world outside the sky, so I can't know it! However, the sky mistaken me! I don't know who looks like an ant under the lamp, like a Look at us like the little bugs in the gaps... don't touch my celestial sphere! Never touch my celestial sphere!)

   After saying that, Tongyi threw the celestial ball out of the silver and iron tripod and died.

  After Tongyi's death, major aristocratic families completely denied the theory of Huntian, and severely punished the children who believed in the theory of Huntian, but the people who sought knowledge and pursued the truth could not be wiped out.

   Decades later, when the previous generation in power had all turned into bones, some people in the clan academies of major families mentioned the theory of the heavens, and this time, the voices of opposition were no longer as severe and terrifying as they were back then.

   After several decades, several groups of expeditions circled the earth in pursuit of markers and verified Tongyi's remarks.

  Finally, a century after Tongyi's death, several top aristocratic families headed by the Mo family acknowledged the Huntian theory, while other aristocratic families still believed in the Gaitian theory.

The battle of    the cover of the muddy cover begins here.

   Sixty years later, the war broke out. The Ming family only conquered the clan, destroyed the family, established the imperial power, and established the Ming Dynasty, while Mohuan took the last few surviving children of the Mo family and fled here.

   Yang Xiaoqian could not help sighing after hearing this piece of history that happened in another world: "Every world has strange people and great people."

"So, there are also great people like Tongyi in this world?" Mo Huan asked, with a slight expression on his face, "So, Huntian said and Gaitian, which one is the correct understanding of the world? Your strength So magical and so powerful, must have found the answer?"

"Who knows, according to our current understanding, both Huntian and Gaitian are wrong. But Mr. Tongyi's epiphany before his death is closer to the correct answer." Yang Xiaoqian stretched out his hand and made a gesture. The white wall of the inked ring lit up with colorful colors, and a video began to play.

   "This is the earth, which is the 'chicken in the shell' in Huntian."

"This is the sun, or what you call a 'sky lantern'. It is about 1.3 million times the size of the earth, its surface temperature is about 5,500 degrees Celsius, and the melting point of silver is less than a thousand degrees. Just get a little closer to the sun and it will melt."

   "This is the solar system. There are still several chickens revolving around the sun. See, these are Jupiter, Mars, Saturn... But as far as we know, life should not have been born on these chickens."

"This is the Milky Way. It's just a simulated image with light and shadow effects. We haven't been able to take such an intuitive picture. Have you seen the solar system? Don't nod your head, you can't see it. The Milky Way is 100,000 light-years in diameter, and there are hundreds of billions of them in it. Most of the stars you call sky lanterns are bigger than the sun, and the solar system in the Milky Way is like a grain of sand in the sea, you can only see it.”

   "And what about the so-called extraterrestrial universe? Just within the observable universe, there are hundreds of billions of star systems as huge as the Milky Way in the observable universe."

"Now, tell me, Hun Tian said and Gai Tian said, which one is right? Both are outrageously wrong. No matter how smart the ancients were, they also had historical limitations. Only when we stand on the shoulders of our ancestors can we see further. But , although Hun Tian said it was wrong, I personally admire and appreciate Mr. Tong Yi's courage and ideas."

   "Extinguish the sky lantern, breaking the sky wall, and seeing the outer world, haha, interesting, really interesting."